Cloth-measuring machine



(No Model.)

L. GRANGER.

CLOTH MEASURING MACHINE.

Patented Dec. 9, 1884.:

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INVENTOR.

UNITED STATES LEVIS G R ANGIE ll OF l armvr Priest ARMADA, IillClllGAX.

CLOTH-MEASURING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATIUN forming part of Letters Patent No. 309,053, dated December 9, 1884.

Application tiled July 1, 1884.

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, Lnwis Gnm'onn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Armada, in the county of Macoinb and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cloth Measuring Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to cloth-measuring machines intended especially for the use of retail dry-goods merchants;- and it has for its object to produce a machine which shall possess superior advantages in point of simplicity, durability, and general eiiieiency, and which may under all circumstances be relied upon to measure and register correctly.

To this end it consists in the improved con struction and arrangement of parts,which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure l is a perspective view of the machine COII1 plete and in position for operation. Fig. 2 is an end view. Fig. 3 is a detail view of one of the adjustable cloth-board holders, and Fig. 4c is a detail view of the gage and a portion of the screw upon which it is mounted.

The same letters refer to the same parts in all the figures.

Ainthe drawings designates a suitable rectangular base-frame, the ends of which are p rovided with centrally-located posts or uprights B B, the upper ends of which have slots 0 O, in which are mounted the cloth-roller l) and tension-roller ll, both of which have journals or trunnions F, and the former of which is provided with a handle, G, by means of which it may be convenientlyrevolved in operation. The posts or uprights B are strengthened by means of metallic braces H H, which are connected in any suitable manner to the ends of the base-frame.

J ournaled in or between the uprights 13 B, a short distancebelow the cloth-roller, is a rod, Lwhich is screw-threaded for the greater part of its length, having from twelve to sixteen threads to the inch. One end of the said rod (X0 model.)

I carries a friction-roller, J, bearing against the under side of the GlOl'll-lOll6]., so that when the latter revolves a rotary motion shall be comnninicated to the said screw-threaded rod.

K is a cross-piece orgirt connecting the uprights 13 B a short distance below the screwthreadcd rod,and serving not only as a brace, but also as a register or indicator, it being provided on each side with a properly graduated scale, L.

M is a gage or pointer, (shown in detail in Fig. i of the drawings, and consisting, preferably, of a thin plate of sheet metal,)having at its upper end an oblong slot, N, by which it is suspended upon the screw 1, and provided at its lower end with fingers or pointers O O, straddling the cross-piece 1i, and indicating upon the scales of the same the position of the gage.

()ne of the side pieces, 1 of the base-frame is provided with a clothboard-holding de vice comprising two uprights, Q, It, the former of which is stationary, and provided with a crank-shaft, S, having at its inner end a cross-piece, T, provided with sharp points or prongs U, to enter one end of the board. Upright Ill slides upon the frame-piece, and is adjustable by means of a set-screw or clamping devicefi", of suitable construction. It has at its upper end a centering-shaft, \V, which may be provided with. a crank, X. At the other side of the frame of the machine are arranged two stationary uprightsfl Y, support ing a crankshaft, Z, on which is mounted a stationary reel or winder, i L ,.wl1iel1 is provided with four wings, as shown. This construction is deemed preferable, because it cnables the cloth to be wound more rapidly, evenly, and accuratelythan when an ordinary board is used.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings hereto annexed, the operation and. advantages of this iuvention will be readily understood; The clothboard having been placed in its holding de- .vice, the end of the cloth to be measured is introduced between the rollers D E, between which it will be caused to pass by revolving the former. It the material is to be returned to the cloth-board, I wind it upon the reel A; if not, this may be dispensed with. It is evident that, the diameter of the cloth-roller being known, as Well as that of the frictioirpulley, and the number of threads to the inch of the screw-threaded rod, the gage maybe eas ily laid out, so as to indicate correctly the number of yards of goods passing between the rollers. As the feed-screw revolves, the gage M, which rests in only one thread thereof, will travel forward, thus showing upon the scale the number of yards passing through the machine.

It is obvious that this invention is susceptible of various modifications, and I desire to haveit understood that I reserve to myself the right to any such changes as may be made Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Pat ent of the United States In a cloth-measuring machine constructed substantially as set forth, the combination, avith the cloth-roller, the scale, and the feed screw having a friction-pulley engaging the cl.oth-roller, ot' the herein-described gage 0r pointer, consisting of a thin plate of sheet metal having at its upper end an oblong slot, by which it is mounted loosely in a single thread of the teed-screw, and provided at its lower end with fingers or pointers straddling the scalcbar, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto a-t'tixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

LEWIS GRAXGER.

'Witnesscs:

\VILLLUE MAY, Vrcron T. Lnnun. 

